UGA Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Light Skin Gone to Waste: Stories
Toni Ann JohnsonUGA PressJoin us in booth 928 from 1-2 p.m. today for a signing with Toni Ann Johnson! She’ll be signing copies of her Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction winning short story collection Light Skin Gone to Waste. #AWP23 #AWP #ShortStories #Fiction https://t.co/ZyocYAMS2S
Paperback, 2022
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fateful Lightning: Civil War Stories and the Magazine Marketplace, 1861-1876
Kathleen DiffleyUGA Press#NowAvailable Kathleen Diffley's The Fateful Lightning investigates the differences in regional publications' coverage and documentation of the #CivilWar. https://t.co/0hdGT0ltbL #USHistory #ReadUP #Book #History https://t.co/CaluhPZjgd
Paperback, 2021
$40.95Member price:$38.90 + Free shipping5% off
Public Religions in the Future World: Postsecularism and Utopia
David MorrisUGA PressNow available! In Public Religions in the Future World, Dave Morris invites us to rethink the bases of religious identification and practice. https://t.co/xPElRB9Mh8 #ReadUp #Postsecularism #PublicReligion #Utopia #book #NewRelease https://t.co/41jiMI4eD1
Paperback, 2021
$32.95Member price:$31.30 + Free shipping5% off
Growing Up with America: Youth, Myth, and National Identity, 1945 to Present
Emily A. MurphyUGA PressCongratulations, Emily Murphy! Growing up with America has won the IRSCL Book Award for Nonfiction.https://t.co/uGxgkCJcJz https://t.co/QxcwPf47Zb
Paperback, 2020
$38.95Member price:$37.00 + Free shipping5% off
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Roxane GayUGA PressMad Prairie by @_KateMcIntyre is #NowAvailable! "The intelligence, humor, and charm of these eight stories will stay with you long after you turn this marvelous collection's final page." —Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and Hunger https://t.co/Pb2QRp3KUD #Books #Fiction https://t.co/5iY6iohZEl
Paperback, 2018
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
D. H. LawrenceUGA PressMichael Lawrence Dickinson's Almost Dead details how the Urban Atlantic and Black lives shaped each other. https://t.co/hGmW6suF0U #BlackHistory #BlackStudies #Slavery #AtlanticStudies #UrbanHistory #ReadUP @dr_md33 @HistoryVCU @ASALH https://t.co/OXnp27rDAs
Paperback, 1992
$37.00Member price:$35.15 + Free shipping5% off
The Sum of Trifles
Julia Ridley SmithUGA PressAlright, last day of #awp22 people! Looking for plans? Stop by booth 1004 for the following: -1pm, @600mildollarman signs HIGH YELLA: A MODERN FAMILY MEMOIR -2pm, @JuliaTrifles signs THE SUM OF TRIFLES -3pm, @carolinecrew signs OTHER GIRLS TO BURN https://t.co/PQVafkQznO
Paperback, 2021
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How 'Bout Them Dawgs!: The Inside Story of Georgia Football's 2021 National Championship Season
Kirby SmartUGA PressBACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPS!!! #godawgs!!!! A must-have for the dedicated bulldog fan, HOW 'BOUT THEM DAWGS! (available June) by @KirbySmartUGA & Loran Smith is an illustrated history of Georgia’s epic championship season. Preorder now! https://t.co/Fw8Tb6Fe6O https://t.co/qq9TEWTlnU
Hardcover, 2023
$41.95Member price:$20.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Straight Into Darkness: Tom Petty as Rock Mystic
Megan VolpertUGA PressJoin the @GaCntr4TheBook, author @MeganVolpert (Straight Into Darkness: Tom Petty as Rock Mystic), and author Erin Keane (Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me) on Nov. 3 at 7p.m. in celebration of Volpert's and @eekshecried's new releases. https://t.co/6fOCUzi58V
Paperback, 2022
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir
Steve MajorsUGA PressAlright, last day of #awp22 people! Looking for plans? Stop by booth 1004 for the following: -1pm, @600mildollarman signs HIGH YELLA: A MODERN FAMILY MEMOIR -2pm, @JuliaTrifles signs THE SUM OF TRIFLES -3pm, @carolinecrew signs OTHER GIRLS TO BURN https://t.co/PQVafkQznO
Paperback, 2025
$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book